Analysts Offer Predictions for Vital Farms FY2025 Earnings

Vital Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITL) – Equities researchers at Telsey Advisory Group boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Vital Farms in a report issued on Wednesday, November 5th. Telsey Advisory Group analyst S. Vora now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.47 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.40. Telsey Advisory Group has a “Outperform” rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Vital Farms’ current full-year earnings is $1.11 per share. Telsey Advisory Group also issued estimates for Vital Farms’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.69 EPS.

VITL has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Mizuho lifted their target price on Vital Farms from $45.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Vital Farms from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. DA Davidson lifted their target price on Vital Farms from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Lake Street Capital set a $60.00 target price on Vital Farms and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Vital Farms in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and thirteen have given a Buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vital Farms currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $49.80.

Vital Farms Trading Down 4.5%

Shares of Vital Farms stock opened at $35.67 on Thursday. Vital Farms has a 1 year low of $27.91 and a 1 year high of $53.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 2.48 and a quick ratio of 2.10. The company has a market capitalization of $1.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.02 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $42.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $39.31.

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.06. Vital Farms had a return on equity of 20.92% and a net margin of 8.50%.The business had revenue of $198.94 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $191.35 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.16 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.2% on a year-over-year basis. Vital Farms has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Vital Farms news, insider Matthew Ohayer sold 145,000 shares of Vital Farms stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.98, for a total value of $7,537,100.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 6,582,070 shares in the company, valued at $342,135,998.60. The trade was a 2.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Joanne Bal sold 4,796 shares of Vital Farms stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.95, for a total value of $244,356.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 43,332 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,207,765.40. This represents a 9.97% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 437,868 shares of company stock worth $21,679,784. Insiders own 21.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Vital Farms

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Renaissance Group LLC boosted its holdings in Vital Farms by 6.8% in the third quarter. Renaissance Group LLC now owns 231,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,513,000 after acquiring an additional 14,637 shares during the last quarter. Ranger Investment Management L.P. boosted its holdings in Vital Farms by 0.7% in the third quarter. Ranger Investment Management L.P. now owns 237,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,781,000 after acquiring an additional 1,580 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vital Farms by 10.2% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 219,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,030,000 after acquiring an additional 20,389 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in Vital Farms by 53.6% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 3,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,000 after acquiring an additional 1,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vital Farms by 23.1% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,377,681 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,692,000 after acquiring an additional 258,092 shares during the last quarter. 98.59% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Vital Farms

Vital Farms, Inc, a food company, provides pasture-raised products in the United States. It offers shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.